BEAVERCREEK — For the third time in the last 10 years, the City of Beavercreek tried to get voters to say “yes” to increased income tax.
Going into Tuesday night, Beavercreek is one of three cities in Ohio that does not have an income tax.
It looks like it is going to stay that way.
With 100 percent of the vote in, Beavercreek voters rejected the levy.
In mid-April, Beavercreek Mayer Bob Stone told News Center 7 that the city was first established as a township, which prevented the council from imposing an income tax.
It became a city in 1980 and city leaders left it up to the voters to divide whether to implement an income tax.
“[Interstate] 675 came through, Wright Pat expanded, Wright State expanded, and so all these things have happened, and as the movie phrase is, if you build it, they will come. Well, Beavercreek has undergone massive growth over the last 40 years,” Stone told News Center 7′s Haley Kosik.
But with growth comes costs.
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The city has had to pass those on to property owners which some have said is a burden.
To lessen the burden the city put an income tax proposal in front of voters in 2013 and 2020 — both times voters said no.
The city said in April, if the vote would have passed pass, it would lower property taxes by about $134 for every $100,000 home.
City leaders believed the tax could have also helped balance the city’s revenue source for the city and its’ residents.
Stone said there is an estimate of around $15 to $17 million.
Stone was planning to use that money to hire five additional police officers, five more public service works, offset property tax reduction and improve infrastructure.
Types of income that would have been taxed are resident and non-resident wages, salaries, income and commissions.
As well as lottery, sweepstakes, gambling and sports winnings.
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